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2 Samuel 7
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| 7:1
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about from all his enemies; |
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| 7:2
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house
of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. |
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| 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the
LORD is with thee. |
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| 7:4
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying, |
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| 7:5
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an
house for me to dwell in? |
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| 7:6
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the
children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent
and in a tabernacle. |
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| 7:7
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel
spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my
people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? |
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| 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be
ruler over my people, over Israel: |
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| 7:9
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine
enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the
name of the great men that are in the earth. |
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| 7:10
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them,
that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall
the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, |
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| 7:11
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel,
and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth
thee that he will make thee an house. |
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| 7:12
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I
will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and
I will establish his kingdom. |
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| 7:13
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for
ever. |
(7:13, 16) God says that Solomon's kingdom will last
forever. It didn't of course. It was entirely destroyed about 400 years after
Solomon's death, never to be rebuilt.
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| 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I
will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children
of men:
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| 7:15
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom
I put away before thee. |
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| 7:16
And thine house and thy
kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall
be established for ever. |
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| 7:17
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David. |
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| 7:18
Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O
Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? |
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| 7:19
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast
spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this
the manner of man, O Lord GOD? |
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| 7:20
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy
servant. |
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| 7:21
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all
these great things, to make thy servant know them. |
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| 7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither
is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
ears. |
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| 7:23
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel,
whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and
to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people,
which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
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| 7:24
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto
thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. |
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| 7:25
And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou
hast said. |
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| 7:26
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the
God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established
before thee. |
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| 7:27
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant,
saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his
heart to pray this prayer unto thee. |
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| 7:28
And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou
hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: |
"Thou art that God, and thy words be true."
Does God lie?
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| 7:29
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that
it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it:
and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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